Aspen Marooney by Levi Peterson -- Signature Books

Aspen Marooney
LEVI S. PETERSON
Paperback. 222 Pages. / 1-56085-078-7 / ~~$15.95~~ $7.00

In this quietly seductive novel--Levi S. Peterson's latest foray into the ever-intriguing topics of memory, regret, and sin--a suspenseful ambiance is created from the backdrop of a rural high school reunion. While acquaintances interact tentatively at first, then more freely, Aspen confronts a particularly dark secret from her past. But there is also hilarity here. Despite everyone's best attempts to impress former classmates, they gradually reveal their true selves; lapsing into old habits, they demonstrate how little has changed. This makes for a particularly satisfying reunion and, for readers, a compelling vicarious experience.

Levi S. Peterson, professor of English at Weber State University, is the author of Aspen Marooney, The Backslider, The Canyons of Grace: Stories, Juanita Brooks: Mormon Woman Historian, and Night Soil: New Stories. He is the editor of Greening Wheat: Fifteen Mormon Short Stories and a contributor to Bright Angels and Familiars: Contemporary Mormon Stories, A Literary History of the American West, Multiply and Replenish: Mormon Essays on Sex and Family, Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature, Where Coyotes Howl and Wind Blows Free: Growing Up in the West, and The Wilderness of Faith: Essays on Contemporary Mormon Thought. He has received Best Book and Best Short Story awards from the Association for Mormon Letters, the BYU Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies (USU), and the Utah Arts Council.